Flood in Poland - -Forwarded

[Karen Muller <kmuller@xxxxxxx>]

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Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 12:12:48 -0500
From: Wojciech Zalewski  <slavlibs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: zalewski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Flood in Poland -


Web page informing about the losses:
http://www.konbib.nl/gabriel/en/countries/poland.html


Warsaw, 21 July, 1997.

Dear Librarians Worldwide:

The flood in Southern and Western Poland has caused severe damages in our
libraries. Those libraries urgently need consultation on how to deal with
damaged collections, equipment, hardware and buildings, which means also
the
need of material and financial help.

The National Library in Poland - Warsaw has declared to participate in the
organization of the aid for those institutions. The central databank has
been created here, in order to collect, process, manage, and transfer all
data on damages of any kind and of particular libraries needs to/from
libraries, and to/from donors. The contact person is Mrs Wanda Tyminska
(email:  biblnar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, telephone +48-22 608-2298, fax +48-22
608-2644). 

In addition to the above mentioned data bank, the National Library has
created special team that prepares instructions on how to organize
individual and group

special team that prepares instructions on how to organize individual and
group help:
        -       it coordinates the organization of the aid;
        -       it gives instructions, consultations, advise on how to
deal with damaged materials (of any kind);
        -       it prepares reports, recommendations and proposals for all
relevant authorities and institutions. The contact person is Dr. Barbara
Drewniewska-Idziak (email: bnochron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, telephone +48-22
608-2951, fax +48-22 608-2644).

The coordinator of all activities, responsible for the organization of the
aid located at the National Library - is Mr Jan Wolosz, deputy director of
the National Library in Poland - Warsaw (email:bnwolosz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
telephone +48- 22 251-596, fax +48-22 259-157). 

The above mentioned teams of the National Library cooperate closely with
the team organized by the Ministry of Culture and Art, and of the Polish
Librarians Association, both dealing with the same purpose. 

For all those who wish to support Polish libraries with financial
donations we have created a special sub-account of the Foundation of the
National Library: 

        Bank PeKaO S.A., VIII O/W Warszawa
        No 12401112-30001590-2700-401112-002
        "Pomoc dla bibliotek - powodz".

Any other help would be more than welcome,  in this respect please contact
directly the above mentioned persons.

Thank you for the consideration.

Ewa Krysiak
National Library
Warsaw - Poland
ekrysiak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx             

Wojciech Zalewski
Curator for Slavic Collections
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, CA 94305-6004
tel. (415) 723 9274
Fax (415) 725 1068
e-mail zalewski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx